Improvement in imitation of braided human hair



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.,

SARAH E. COOK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN IMITATION OF BRAIDED HUMAN HAIR.

, Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,116, dated April24, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH E. COOK, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Imitation of and Substitute for Coils and Folds of HumanHair; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, a-ndexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists ofa fabric woven and twisted in the mannerdescribed hereinafter, so as to imitate folds and coils of human air.

In order to enable others to make my invention, l will now proceed todescribe the manner of carrying it into effect.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure l represents the fabric, partly twisted, of whichmy imitation of and substitute for coils and folds of human hair ismade, Fig. 2, the fabric twisted into a spiral form,and Fig. 3 a diagramillustrating my invention.

rI he fabric is made in an ordinary loo`m,such as is used for makingcoach-lace, &c.,there being two sets of Warp-threads, A and B, Fig. 3,situated a suitable distance apart from each other.

The weft consists of a number of strands of silk passed across thewarp-threads and interwoven with the same at the opposite edges.

The fabric thus produced `consists of two opposite woven edges, a and b,Fig. 1, with intervening transverse and unwoven threads d. On twistingthe lfabric into the spiral form shown in Fig. 2, the woven edges areconcealed or nearly concealed in the spiral coils, which becomeprominent, and represent coils or folds of human hair, the imitationbeing the more perfect on account of the threads, after being twisted,becoming separated at intervals, precisely as human hair does on beingformed into coils or folds.

After the fabric has been thus twisted it may be formed into what aretermed puffs,77 to be worn on the back of the head by ladies; or otherornamental devices may be made of the twisted fabric to imitate folds orcoils of human hair.'

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A fabricWoven at its edges and twisted spiral] y, in the manner described, so asto produce an imitation of braided human hair.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SARAH E. COOK.

Witnesses:

C. B. PRICE, GHARLEs E. FOSTER.

